Actor · Novel · Book
Born Jan 5, 1932 · Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Active 1961–2016 · Awards: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umˈbɛrto ˈɛːko]; 5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.